11.   Eventually, Katz said, the exemption for those companies would end and they would have to extend domestic partners benefits to heterosexual employees.

12.   Extending unemployment benefits is important, particularly for people who lost their jobs as a result of the terrorist attacks.

13.   Famously allergic to public scrutiny, the wholesome conglomerate has already come under fire from Baptist church groups over its policy of extending benefits to gay employees.

14.   He said the government might also extend benefits to jobless workers for a longer period.

15.   His proposal contains no provision for extending benefits if jobs are not available.

16.   His proposed palliative of extending unemployment benefits is welcome but incomplete.

17.   If the administration wanted to do something about extending health benefits, it could start with some of them.

18.   In Massachusetts, Springfield, Cambridge and Northampton extend benefits to the partners of gay employees.

19.   In this century, making these machines smarter will extend these benefits to the world.

20.   Increasingly around the country, companies are extending benefits to gay partners.